This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I'm an ex-mayor. Los Angeles is a magnet for people from all over the world. Some of them run for public office. Inevitably some of them stray from the golden rule and rule for those that have the gold. That's when I go to work. My name is Yorty. I'm a dead pol.

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Sorry to bottlecap you Joe, did not see your story until after I posted.

Phil seems to think redistricting will allow him to run for this seat. What he doesn't know is that any California voter of the required age can run for Congress whether they live in the District or not!

You might want to read the "Hyde amendment" which restricts federal funding for abortion. It has been around about 10 years or so. So this is nothing new, just enforcement of the amendment, which the Dems chose to ignore.

"Doesn't make sense"....really?? PP provides abortions, does it not? Abortions paid for with federal dollars, right?? The Hyde amendment says "No federal tax money will be spent on abortions". What is there not to understand?

Look, I'm for a womans right to choose......but not with my tax money!!

"Among the proposed spending cuts is an end to Title X, a federal grant program established in 1970 to provide contraceptive services, sexual health care supplies and information to low-income women. The program, which cost about $317 million in 2010, does not directly fund abortions, but often supports clinics that provide them."

So Joe, what is the difference whether or not it DIRECTLY goes to fund abortions....but to the clinics that provide them?? It is STILL federal money going to the clinics for them to spend on what they want......a real nice sleight of hand.....No we dont fund abortions, but we fund the clinic that does them. Nice try Joe.

If you and your liberal buddies are soooooo concerned about this, start a non profit to fund it....and get your big mouth Hollywood liberals to kick in a few bucks....put your money where your mouth is. But you wont, because you want everybody ELSE to pay for your social programs...What part of we are broke do you not understand??

4:53, 97% of the services Planned Parenthood provides has nothing to do with abortions. For many women, PP is their primary care physician, providing a full range of services including reproductive health and planning. That is where the federal funds are designated. The abortions are paid for by the patient and through donations. Got it now?

10:19,stop moving the goalpost and try following the links. If you had you would have found this:http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/what-planned-parenthood-actually-does/2011/04/06/AFhBPa2C_blog.html

Thank you 12:08 a.m. I have been so confused about the motives and integrity of council members in Los Angeles. These ethics fines I don't understand and i guess council members don't understand the fact that there is no free lunch. The question I always ask is if they were not on the city council would they be offered a free ticket to the event?

THE ONLY PEOPLE PAYING THE FINES FOR OUR MAYOR,ETC ARE THE PEOPLE WHO GAVE THEM THE TICKETS ULTIMATELY YOU THE TAXPAYER WILL PAY THIS. SAME IS TRUE FOR PARKING DOWNTOWN. YOU'LL PAY MORE TO PARK ALL THANKS TO DENNIS ZINE,TRUTANICH AND THE LA BUNCH. READ BETWEEN THE LINES.